Marubeni is one of the leading General Trading Houses worldwide with operations in a multitude of industries, ranging from industrial equipment and products to financing and IT. Marubeni has offices in approximately 150 countries with 40,000 total consolidated employees, and has a turnover of US$75Billion. Marubeni has assisted JSW in marketing and installing twin-screw extruders and other equipment around the world for over 20 years. For more please see our website: http://www.marubeni.com/

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. was founded in 1907 as a joint venture between Britain's Armstrong Whitworth Co., Ltd., and Vickers Sons and Maxim, Ltd. with a focus on production of military equipment until the end of World War II. After the Second World War, JSW used our technologies to meet peacetime needs and branched out into new business fields such as materials and equipment for automobiles, electronics, shipbuilding and petrochemicals. Our focus has concentrated over the last three decades on proprietary specialty steels and steel products, plastics and other industrial machinery, military equipment and plant engineering. JSW's HQ is located in Tokyo, Japan, with approximately 20 plants and offices worldwide. JSW employs 2,500 people and has a turnover of US$1.1Billion. For more please see our website: http://www.jsw.co.jp/epage_f/index_e.htm

JSW is strengthening our global presence by developing the North American compounding extruder market with a full and permanent program. JSW has asked Marubeni to assist in this program as an extension of their 2 decades of cooperation in worldwide extruder sales, and the JSW Marubeni Compounding Technical Center was opened in Indiana April 2003. And as a satellite office of Marubeni America Corporation (US subsidiary of Marubeni Corp.) JSW COMPOUNDING TECHNICAL CENTER was opened in Indiana April 2003. Marubeni America Corp. is principally responsible for the sales of JSK extruders in US market.